Stroud ran in to try to save them and his brother followed. When they couldn't reach the children through the front of the house, Stroud said climbed up on a back balcony and broke a window. He also broke all the windows on the ground floor.

"I was yelling at them 'Come to the bathroom, come to the bathroom. I'm trying to get you out. Come to the bathroom, but they didn't come," Stroud said.